An international team of researchers, with the involvement of the UAB, has conducted a study that explains the evolutionary ...

Across a typical lifetime, the human brain does not simply grow, peak, and decline. It passes through five sweeping ...

The human brain is often compared to a computer, but the latest wave of research shows it is closer to a self-building city, ...

About two daily servings of this common crunchy snack could increase verbal memory and blood flow to the brain Getty A new study analyzed older adults who ate 60 grams of unsalted skin-roasted peanuts ...

The artificial sweetener aspartame is commonly found in diet sodas and sugar-free products Getty A new study is exploring the link between an artificial sweetener and heart and brain function. Widely ...

A stressful year leads to anxiety. Lasting isolation gives way to depression. An old trauma nags until it becomes paralyzing. Psychological and social experiences shape the brain, potentially leading ...

If the idea of strength training once conjured young men thrusting a barbell or popping out pullups, the tides have since turned: Lifting, even lifting heavy, has finally gained cultural cachet among ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a natural mechanism that clears existing amyloid plaques in the brains of mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease and preserves cognitive function ...

It used to be thought that sea urchins only had a primitive nervous system, but new research has found that they are far more complex than that. The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are ...

Like the seeds of a forest, a few cells in embryos eventually sprout into an ecosystem of brain cells. Neurons get the most recognition for their computing power. But a host of other cells provides ...